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Policy and Environmental Justice.

Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indiana, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

by Circle of Blue September 15, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Agriculture, Algae Blooms, Drinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

by Circle of Blue September 13, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Ontario, Politics, Region, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: New climate laws impact states, energy bill assistance in Illinois

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now September 12, 2022
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Industry, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Region, The Catch, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Coal ash regulation

by Great Lakes Now September 12, 2022
Posted inAdvocacy, Algae Blooms, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Cleveland water organization looking to support business innovation beyond Lake Erie

by Sandra Svoboda September 12, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Quiz, Region

Poisonous Ponds: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz

by Anna Sysling, Great Lakes Now September 10, 2022
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, The States, Water Quality

Mapping the HABs: Click to see your state’s reports

by GLN Editor September 9, 2022
Posted inEnergy, Equity and Environmental Justice, Illinois, Industry, Lake Michigan, Politics, Region, The Catch

Lincoln Stone Quarry and coal ash

by Great Lakes Now September 8, 2022
Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Supporters and opponents of a Line 5 tunnel make comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

by Michigan Public September 2, 2022
Posted inAgriculture, Algae Blooms, Detroit River, Drinking Water, Featured, Industry, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Ohio, PBS, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, St. Clair River, Water Quality

“The Erie Situation” – and beyond

by GLN Editor September 1, 2022

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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